The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-01
= ELIND INVENTOR.
Z Magazine Gun and Other
Things Without :l;c .iid of Sight.
;:ng:is:! Letter from Vienna

[:ng:is:! Letter from Vienna
l have had the opportunity OF meeting
the inventor OF new rife, Herr Franz
FoIteiki, former lieutenant in the
Austrian army, who, daring the first
campaign 81 Bosnia. received q shot N
lis r; :gilt eye, which destroyed the optic
nerve, and, indirectly, SO Affected the left
eye siiat tue poor oificcc, nov only IS
vesrS old. tas been for the list -ine
years totally h:iud. But without the use
of his eyesislst this ingenious man hes
invented during these years not only q
new magazine g:la, bus also t~o ma-
chimes ior the authorization of iron,
stce! and other metals at a cost winch
must 5a called TiQicuiousl y small; furth-
er, az apparatus Tor automatical nap
ping, i new microrletcr, a new sort CT
gunpowder, not to speak OF smaller H.
ventio2s which fcUnG their way into the
lesser industrial establishments Of Vienna
and saved the inventor from starvation,
as Lis great discoveries, far from bring
ing en- laouey as Yet. necassltate IN
outlay Which he can afford Only by ex-
treme personal privations. My rifle, :
complained the unfortunate inventor,
would have long been in the hands Of
the British government had theadvancad
money which had obtained from a
private person in London been more
than go, which did not suffice for the
wages Of one workman, who assists m>,
and the necessary material.
ssNoy at last it is finished, and though
I may fall into the fault Of all inventors,
I consider Il tee best rife existing, being
without the Disadvantages Of other ma
chine rifles, and with many advantages
over them. l can prove by my Austrian
and German patents OF some five years
ago that the Straight pull system which
distinguishes every modern fe, and in
itself, withcut the machine, secures the
double effect, has been my invention.
Upon this aud upon other appropria-
tions in the line by different successful
inventors i do not lay any stress. There
IS ny new rifle, Which, in short, has the
following advantages: 1t can be used as
single loader even with an sttacbed
magazine; cartridges are not thrown into
the magazine in 9 loose form, butli one
above the other, without the possibility
Of placing them wrongly; the magazine
can be attached or not at viii; all parts
are SOLID, 10 spiral spring exists il the
rife; the price Of ny weapon with roy
atty and everything else viii be under
e. Every Old system, with the excep-
tion of Werdl's, can be used for trans
formation i1to NY rifle al a cost OF S OF
10 shilLogs-less in the case of Gras,
Mauser, Berdan or Beaumont, aaG
something more in the case Of Henry
Martini
'tAnd hog; can you make any inven-
ton, especially such u complicated ore
as q rife, without, unfortunately, being
able to see lie separate parts, and how
are your device carried out by the work
men?'
q see with ny fingers. .:ud net II
ono single case have they deceived; me.
It's real ) csricUs th&. Mica great and
minute measurements &rc N question,
those who see witt their eyes are wrong,
ana I, v:iA the use oS my fingers, am
hight. The models for ray machine 5
aeaiast Oxidation OF metals were entirely
N :de ,, myself from carved wood, with
the help Of string, wire and bread
crumbs. an now devising very COM
pGcated electric apparatus.